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the economy. the president was right the other day when he said he can't change washington from the inside. we're going to take him at his word and heel be outside washington soon. [applause] now if i'm elect -- when i'm elected president -- [applause] i'm going to work with republicans and democrats in congress. i'm going to meet regularly with their leaders. i'll endeavor to find those dwood and men and women on both sides of the aisle who care more about the country than about politics. together we're going to put the nation on track to a balance budget, to reform our tax code and to finally reaffirm our commit commiment to financial responsibility. it's got to happen. now you know if the president were to be re-elected, heed continue his war on coal and oil and natural gas. heed spend billions of more dollars to his favorite companies and this would guarantee higher prices at the pumps and fewer jobs. today gasoline cost twice as much as when president obama was elected. when i'm elected we're
the economy. the president was right the other day when he said he can't change washington from the inside. we're going to take him at his word and heel be outside washington soon. [applause] now if i'm elect -- when i'm elected president -- [applause] i'm going to work with republicans and democrats in congress. i'm going to meet regularly with their leaders. i'll endeavor to find those dwood and men and women on both sides of the aisle who care more about the country than about politics....
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hiking taxes when the economy is weak could create trouble for the overall economy. and cutting government spending at all levels were to address many of these problems. the biggest issue for whoever is elected will be addressing the fiscal cliff. and how to deal with this short- term package of tax hikes and spending cuts. hiking taxes when the economy is weak could create trouble for the overall economy. and cutting government spending at all levels as a right to create more problems for the economy in the short run. any politician who tries to tell you that doing anything in the short run will produce these amazing benefits. there are likely try to pull a fast one on you. you need to lookthere are likela will do the most in the medium term and long term and hope this changes will produce signals for the near- term to produce job creation. host: on twitter -- if the economy would get better too bad, there would be a bubble. i feel sorry people without jobs. when other a tweet -- asking people to be patient after four years of this mess is offensive to me. any fear
hiking taxes when the economy is weak could create trouble for the overall economy. and cutting government spending at all levels were to address many of these problems. the biggest issue for whoever is elected will be addressing the fiscal cliff. and how to deal with this short- term package of tax hikes and spending cuts. hiking taxes when the economy is weak could create trouble for the overall economy. and cutting government spending at all levels as a right to create more problems for the...
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now i know that when we're elected, the economy and american jobs will still be stagnant but i'm not going to waste any time complaining about my predecessor. toon't spend my time trying pass -- from day one i'm going to go to work helping americans get back to work. people across the country are responding to our five part plan to create jobs. and you've heard about it before. part one is taking full advantage of our energy resources. on day one i'm going to increase the number of permits to drill on federal lands. [applause] i'm going to act speed approval of the keystone pipeline from canada. [applause] and i'm going to revisit coal regulations that were designed by the administration to strangle the industry. so on day one we'll be closer to energy independence. toond i'm going to move boost trade to latin america especially and i'm going to ask congress for authority that is a power every president has used with the exception of president obama. and i will finally designate china as a currency ma nip pew late tor. for time to make trade work america. i'm going to send congress t
now i know that when we're elected, the economy and american jobs will still be stagnant but i'm not going to waste any time complaining about my predecessor. toon't spend my time trying pass -- from day one i'm going to go to work helping americans get back to work. people across the country are responding to our five part plan to create jobs. and you've heard about it before. part one is taking full advantage of our energy resources. on day one i'm going to increase the number of permits to...
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for women it is the economy. we have four years of what president obama has put out there. he's been the president, he's been our leader. and today with the new jobs report 7.9% this is not the new normal. we cannot have unemployment. the president told us that after he put in the stimulus we'd down to 5.6% unemployment. where is that? >> correction. the number of jobs exceeded what had been predicted and you are going to have the unemployment rate to tick back up a little bit. every time the economy looks good more people go on -- >> last -- >> 23 million unemployed. >> last word on this topic then on to the ground game. >> one of the greatest issues of our time, right now in our age, mitt romney has come out squarely on the side of greater income and equality stratification between very wealthiest and majority of people in this country. i think another piece that gloria stein ham noted that the pay tax -- women get equal pay in the workplace that we close that wage gap consistently 77% would be automatic economic stimulus. more than three quarters voters support that. mit
for women it is the economy. we have four years of what president obama has put out there. he's been the president, he's been our leader. and today with the new jobs report 7.9% this is not the new normal. we cannot have unemployment. the president told us that after he put in the stimulus we'd down to 5.6% unemployment. where is that? >> correction. the number of jobs exceeded what had been predicted and you are going to have the unemployment rate to tick back up a little bit. every time...
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i think the one truth that is spoken here today is he wants it to be fought on the economy. it doesn't mean the other stuff wasn't true, it means that is what he wants the spotlight on. >> chris: what did you make of the clear -- my words, discomfort -- the two democratic senators both members of the senate intelligence committee, had when i asked them whether or not the drone over benghazi was armed. >> my guess is they can't say anything about what the drones were doing. i'm not sure they can talk about -- verify drones were overhead. these are all... >> it has been verified. >> but i'm saying, as members of the intelligence committee they may have to be more careful than me and juan and you, speculating about what they are doing. >> i bet it means they were armed. >> it may. >> one of the problems we're having here is, that it has fallen to this news organization, fox news and a couple others to do all the heavy lifting on the story. and the mainstream media that would be after this like a pack of hounds, if this were a republican president, have been remarkably reticent
i think the one truth that is spoken here today is he wants it to be fought on the economy. it doesn't mean the other stuff wasn't true, it means that is what he wants the spotlight on. >> chris: what did you make of the clear -- my words, discomfort -- the two democratic senators both members of the senate intelligence committee, had when i asked them whether or not the drone over benghazi was armed. >> my guess is they can't say anything about what the drones were doing. i'm not...
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>> keep focusing on the economy. the nbc-wall street journal, the president's approval on foreign policy, 54 and 40 and now it is 49 and 46, who do you think who handle the affairs better, a nine point advantage for obama in late september a one point advantage last night. you do not want to senator people in harm's way without knowing what is on the ground but you can move assets to the conflict. you can go off of benghazi with a gun ship and put a quick rapid force into position and have them airborne and out there, and the president says he ordered support to be given and, yet, support wasn't given, there are too many unanswered questions and the administration is stonewalling and the american people have a right to know. i applaud governor romney for not pressing the issue in the last debate. there was political advantage to him to keep it focused on the economy and it is good for the country that the questions be raised by congress and answered by the president but the put should crimestoppers -- should quick wa
>> keep focusing on the economy. the nbc-wall street journal, the president's approval on foreign policy, 54 and 40 and now it is 49 and 46, who do you think who handle the affairs better, a nine point advantage for obama in late september a one point advantage last night. you do not want to senator people in harm's way without knowing what is on the ground but you can move assets to the conflict. you can go off of benghazi with a gun ship and put a quick rapid force into position and...
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to make the ecomy, the american economy again. to find someone to lead. to lead us to a better future. the choice, now, the most important vote of our ves. [ romney ] i'i'm mitt romy and i approve this message. >> for to say that this is generation and will again -- a climate reality, extreme weather a reality.. >> n new york governor andrew sayings also quoted as storms are coming years.wo his name up, but prectedhis. >> sure did. >> isn't ththis an indication of antiquated our infrastructure is? are sea barriers in the netherlands. >> this may not ba question of barriers. this heavy jet stream th came sandy in, and they say that is caused by some that is taking .lace in the arctic warmingglobal is a problem. >> agorere did not talk about wasenvironment when he president, and these about it whenalk were e running,. >> in 1988 talalked about -- >> if you had the mitt romney againstgovernor running this obama, their positions have been all that different. mitt romney it was a big endorser of cap-and-trade then. instatance where you don't know which you are
to make the ecomy, the american economy again. to find someone to lead. to lead us to a better future. the choice, now, the most important vote of our ves. [ romney ] i'i'm mitt romy and i approve this message. >> for to say that this is generation and will again -- a climate reality, extreme weather a reality.. >> n new york governor andrew sayings also quoted as storms are coming years.wo his name up, but prectedhis. >> sure did. >> isn't ththis an indication of...
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but that is government spending, that is not a free economy doing what it should. that is the tax dollars at work and doesn't mean the american economy is expanding. >> jerry, thank you for joining us and we want to continue to talk to you over the next few weeks especially as we lead right up to the fiscal and not going off of it >> a pleasure. >> thanks for joining us tonight. until next time this is mike huckabee from washington, good night and god bless .
but that is government spending, that is not a free economy doing what it should. that is the tax dollars at work and doesn't mean the american economy is expanding. >> jerry, thank you for joining us and we want to continue to talk to you over the next few weeks especially as we lead right up to the fiscal and not going off of it >> a pleasure. >> thanks for joining us tonight. until next time this is mike huckabee from washington, good night and god bless .
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the economy has changed over the last 20 or 30 years. technology has made us more productive but it has also made a lot of good jobs obsolete. mobil trade brought us cheaper products but it also means jobs overseas in low-wage countries. american workers saw their paychecks getting squeezed. even when corporate profits rose and ceo salaries exploded. guaranteed pensions and health care starting to erode or disappear altogether. the rise of global competition, those are real. we can't wish them away. here is what i know. and we can meet those challenges. we are americans. we have the world's best entrepreneurs, and tests, researchers, colleges, universities. we have the most innovative workers. we have everything we need to thrive in this new economy. there is not a country on earth that would not gladly trade places with the united states. to secure a future that we want for our kids and our grandkids, we have to make a choice right now. in five days, we will choose our next president. [applause] and, boulder, it is more than just a choi
the economy has changed over the last 20 or 30 years. technology has made us more productive but it has also made a lot of good jobs obsolete. mobil trade brought us cheaper products but it also means jobs overseas in low-wage countries. american workers saw their paychecks getting squeezed. even when corporate profits rose and ceo salaries exploded. guaranteed pensions and health care starting to erode or disappear altogether. the rise of global competition, those are real. we can't wish them...
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>> keep focusing on the economy. the nbc-wall street journal, the president's approval on foreign policy, 54 and 40 and now it is 49 and 46, who do you think who handle the affairs better, a nine point advantage for obama in late september a one point advantage last night. you do not want to senator people in harm's way without knowing what is on the ground but you can move assets to the conflict. you can go off of benghazi with a gun ship and put a quick rapid force into position and have them airborne and out there, and the president says he ordered support to be given and, yet, support wasn't given, there are too many unanswered questions and the administration is stonewalling and the american people have a right to know. i applaud governor romney for not pressing the issue in the last debate. there was political advantage to him to keep it focused on the economy and it is good for the country that the questions be raised by congress and answered by the president but the put should crimestoppers -- should quick wa
>> keep focusing on the economy. the nbc-wall street journal, the president's approval on foreign policy, 54 and 40 and now it is 49 and 46, who do you think who handle the affairs better, a nine point advantage for obama in late september a one point advantage last night. you do not want to senator people in harm's way without knowing what is on the ground but you can move assets to the conflict. you can go off of benghazi with a gun ship and put a quick rapid force into position and...
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the economy. we need things desperately here like a commuter plan that will make it easier for labor to, during the daytime and go back at night, that is not really allowed easily in our system. but one thing and got to avoid is the sequestration that is looming at the end of the year that will hurt, first and foremost, our military readiness. but for an area that relies heavily on the defense industry, it would be devastating. >> what were the dates from key come house, senate and governor's races online any time and throughout the day saturday on c-span, starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> just a few minutes ago, i called by president bush and congratulated him on his victory. and i know i speak for all of you and for all of the american people when i say, he will be our president and we will work with them. this nation faces major challenges ahead and we must work together. >> i have just received a telephone call from gov. dukakis. [applause] and i want you to know, it was most gracious. his ca
the economy. we need things desperately here like a commuter plan that will make it easier for labor to, during the daytime and go back at night, that is not really allowed easily in our system. but one thing and got to avoid is the sequestration that is looming at the end of the year that will hurt, first and foremost, our military readiness. but for an area that relies heavily on the defense industry, it would be devastating. >> what were the dates from key come house, senate and...
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people believe him on the economy. >> why is he doing it? >> you know, i think part of it is that his legacy is in a sense tied to barack obama's. because a lot of what he's saying is let's go back to the clinton rates on taxes. there's an affirmation of him in barack obama getting re-elected. and of course they did bring their two political power house families together with the hiring of hillary clinton into the cabinet of barack obama. if you want to take the most cynical view of it, if hillary clinton wants to run in 2016, what better way to set that up. >> we've got some huge loyalty markers that are going to be able to called in on this deal. >> absolutely. >> i think president clinton not only shas he done the job for president obama, but the work that he's doing for, on the down-ballot is just amazing. do you think he can swing some races? >> i think absolutely. if you look at -- i'm seeing popping into my inbox, smaller candidates like val demings who's running for a congressional seat, but she's getting help from bill clinton. he's
people believe him on the economy. >> why is he doing it? >> you know, i think part of it is that his legacy is in a sense tied to barack obama's. because a lot of what he's saying is let's go back to the clinton rates on taxes. there's an affirmation of him in barack obama getting re-elected. and of course they did bring their two political power house families together with the hiring of hillary clinton into the cabinet of barack obama. if you want to take the most cynical view of...
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mitt romney has won the economy, not by a huge margin. generally, that's a good thing for a challenger. he's won the issue of bipartisan. i think president obama's trying to close some of that ground. but people will say that the ability to capture the center is important to them. they seem to be tilting a little bit in mitt romney's favor. those are good fundamentals. they don't make up, in my mind, as best we can tell for the very formidable electoral college math that is working much more in president obama's favor. gwen: what do you think about that, jackie? >> i agree. we could be looking at, we're all sort of talking and gaming an electoral college victory for the president who loses the popular vote. does anybody really think that's going to happen? >> i do, yes. >> or are you wishing that to happen? >> well, we are journalists. it's certainly possible. and i think boarding towards probably. >> the hurricane damage won't affect the electoral vote but it will take some electorals from barack obama. >> it could drive up the popular v
mitt romney has won the economy, not by a huge margin. generally, that's a good thing for a challenger. he's won the issue of bipartisan. i think president obama's trying to close some of that ground. but people will say that the ability to capture the center is important to them. they seem to be tilting a little bit in mitt romney's favor. those are good fundamentals. they don't make up, in my mind, as best we can tell for the very formidable electoral college math that is working much more in...
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to make the economy, the american economy again. to find someone to lead. to lead us to a better future. the choice, now, the most important vote of our lives. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. ♪ >> president barack obama: we have tried our ideas and they worked. we tried their ideas, and they don't work. >> if anyone wonders whether good jobs and better take-home pay are out there, i have a clear and unequivocal message for you. and that is, america is about to come roaring back. [cheers and applause]. >> chris: barack obama and mitt romney with their closing arguments, to voters, on the economy. and we're back now with the panel. we got the final jobs report, of the campaign, on friday, let's look at the numbers. it showed the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9%, but the economy created a better than expected 171,000 jobs. brit, the housing industry is picking up, consumer confidence is at a four-and-a-half year high as we go into election day, how is the economy now coming in the case? >> it is still in my judgment cutting against
to make the economy, the american economy again. to find someone to lead. to lead us to a better future. the choice, now, the most important vote of our lives. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. ♪ >> president barack obama: we have tried our ideas and they worked. we tried their ideas, and they don't work. >> if anyone wonders whether good jobs and better take-home pay are out there, i have a clear and unequivocal message for you. and that is, america is about...
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the economy is the issue. unlike byron i do believe that people can't stand either of the candidates. and they already can't stand the obama administration they're going to decide on the economy. and economy alone. >> the one area is issues of war. and it has this to point out this isn't just arising on the eve of the election but going on now six weeks. benghazi as we approach tuesday? >> it has. look, you can be a casual consumer and understand they have to the been straight forward with the american people from the beginning. whether selling us different stories or telling us things or whether the president saying just last week that he has shared every piece of information with the american people as soon as he got it. that is false. he hasn't been. his administration withheld information. it's an outrage. i think we don't get answers to the questions because we're an election season. it doesn't mean we can't demand answer asks won't get answers to the questions after the election. and people on the ground
the economy is the issue. unlike byron i do believe that people can't stand either of the candidates. and they already can't stand the obama administration they're going to decide on the economy. and economy alone. >> the one area is issues of war. and it has this to point out this isn't just arising on the eve of the election but going on now six weeks. benghazi as we approach tuesday? >> it has. look, you can be a casual consumer and understand they have to the been straight...
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if i could say one thing about the economy. remember, people's attitudes about the economy these individual states, they are not just looking at their state, like in ohio, we have polling date that says people credit john kasich rather than obama for jobs and, at the rate we are going it will take us three more years to get back to the level of employment we had when the recession began and in the meantime, we're on a 7-year backlog of people looking for jobs an people know that in their bones and just know it. >> chris: joe, both sandy and the economy, your thoughts? >> i agree with karl on sandy. i think initially it helped the president. i don't think any of the negatives will impact by electionday. that might accrue because of the things karl is talking about but i think that the economy, while it has been a drag, one has been improving and you see in the president's numbers, his approval rating is going up and, has been up above 15 in some of these polls, a lot of them and iowa released a new iowa poll, that showed from th
if i could say one thing about the economy. remember, people's attitudes about the economy these individual states, they are not just looking at their state, like in ohio, we have polling date that says people credit john kasich rather than obama for jobs and, at the rate we are going it will take us three more years to get back to the level of employment we had when the recession began and in the meantime, we're on a 7-year backlog of people looking for jobs an people know that in their bones...
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that's what the plan george allen supports... would cost our economy. newspapers called it "economically destructive." like allen's votes to give tax breaks to companies... that ship jobs overseas, his economic plan would... help big corporations, devastating the middle class. allen even voted against tax breaks for small businesses. virginia can't afford to go back to george allen. the democratic senatorial campaign committee... is responsible for the content of this advertising. ♪ >> chris: from a final debate on foreign policy, to round-the-clock campaigning, romney and obama are locked in a furious race to the finish. here's what it was like on the trail... ♪ >> the nature has changed, we have these things, called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. >> mr. president, america has not dictated to other nations, we have freed other nations, from dictators. >> we witnessed a president who to run on. >> half the time i didn't know whether governor romney was there to debate barack obama or endorse barack obama. [cheers and applause]. >> how
that's what the plan george allen supports... would cost our economy. newspapers called it "economically destructive." like allen's votes to give tax breaks to companies... that ship jobs overseas, his economic plan would... help big corporations, devastating the middle class. allen even voted against tax breaks for small businesses. virginia can't afford to go back to george allen. the democratic senatorial campaign committee... is responsible for the content of this advertising. ♪...
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the economy, stupid. friday the last jobs report before the election. last month, it gave the president a boost. will the october number matter more? i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, "time" magazine's joe klein. the bbc's katty kay. cnbc's kelly evans. and "the washington post's" david ignatius. first up, we're staring down at the wind tunnel now but historic perfect political storm in the coming nine days of this campaign. and these closing days when we played out in mind games on both sides. the president saying he jist wants to hold on -- he just wants to hold on. >> what we have is a lead that we've maintained throughout this campaign. and we are going to just continue to drive home the message that there are two fundamentally different choices in this election. about where we take the country. chris: and he's on the air with a fear factor ad. >> 537. the number of votes that changed the course of american history. >> florida is too close to call. >> so this year, if you're thinking that your vote doesn't count, that it won't
the economy, stupid. friday the last jobs report before the election. last month, it gave the president a boost. will the october number matter more? i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, "time" magazine's joe klein. the bbc's katty kay. cnbc's kelly evans. and "the washington post's" david ignatius. first up, we're staring down at the wind tunnel now but historic perfect political storm in the coming nine days of this campaign. and these closing days when...
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when i am elected, the economy and american jobs will beinant. i will not waste time complaining about my predecessor. [ applause ] and i won't spend my time trying to pass partisan legislation that is it unrelated to jobs. day one, i will help americans get back to work. [ applause ] now, you know as well as i do, people are responding to the five-part plan to create jobbings. you know part one, taking full advantage of our energy resources. day one. i am going to act to increase leases and permit to drill on federal lands and i will act to speed the approval of the key stone pipe line from canada. secondly, i will boost trade with latin america and finally desigate china as a currency manipulator and it is time that trade works for america. now, third, i want to send to congress retrain asking reform act to make sure workers have the skims for good paying job and fourth move to tackle out of control spend spend to congress. down payment on fiscal sanity act. [ applause ] and in this act we'll not just slow down the rate of government and its sp
when i am elected, the economy and american jobs will beinant. i will not waste time complaining about my predecessor. [ applause ] and i won't spend my time trying to pass partisan legislation that is it unrelated to jobs. day one, i will help americans get back to work. [ applause ] now, you know as well as i do, people are responding to the five-part plan to create jobbings. you know part one, taking full advantage of our energy resources. day one. i am going to act to increase leases and...
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the economy is the issue. unlike byron i do believe that people can't stand either of the candidates. and they already can't stand the obama administration they're going to decide on the economy. and economy alone. >> the one area is issues of war. and it has this to point out this isn't just arising on the eve of the election but going on now six weeks. benghazi as we approach tuesday? >> it has. look, you can be a casual consumer and understand they have to the been straight forward with the american people from the beginning. whether selling us different stories or telling us things or whether the president saying just last week that he has shared every piece of information with the american people as soon as he got it. that is false. he hasn't been. his administration withheld information. it's an outrage. i think we don't get answers to the questions because we're an election season. it doesn't mean we can't demand answer asks won't get answers to the questions after the election. and people on the ground
the economy is the issue. unlike byron i do believe that people can't stand either of the candidates. and they already can't stand the obama administration they're going to decide on the economy. and economy alone. >> the one area is issues of war. and it has this to point out this isn't just arising on the eve of the election but going on now six weeks. benghazi as we approach tuesday? >> it has. look, you can be a casual consumer and understand they have to the been straight...
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the economy is going? >> it has not healed enough, when you take into fact we spent $4.5 trillion in deficit recovery,. >> and an improvement ratio? >> not improving. >> not on that path. >> it's not on that path. >> is it an aberration? >> bureau of labor stats on this. have you requested them? >> yes, they don't tell you a lot of things. like the labor force participation rate. which has dropped to relatively low numbers, which makes the unemployment numbers look better. >> in hindsight, when he criticizes the last month's report. >> last month in the last month's report, the only reason that number got better was 582 people thousand left the calculation, and went to work on a part-time basis, so the part-time jobs got better, but we did not, they took these people out of the denominator. >> those numbers are not that -- >> nay says finish? >> we're being accurate. >> i would say that's the nay-ers. if you look at the economy, you could see consumer confidence is the highest it's been. we've had steady,
the economy is going? >> it has not healed enough, when you take into fact we spent $4.5 trillion in deficit recovery,. >> and an improvement ratio? >> not improving. >> not on that path. >> it's not on that path. >> is it an aberration? >> bureau of labor stats on this. have you requested them? >> yes, they don't tell you a lot of things. like the labor force participation rate. which has dropped to relatively low numbers, which makes the...
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social net as a percentage of the economies. europe's economy is in recession. the u.s. is still growing. maybe that's proof that our cut-throat version of capitalism works despite the social costs. >> one of the reasons the american economy is now growing is the government has done substantial stimulus spending whereas one of the reasons that europe is in such bad shape is that they have actually been cutting government spending from their former baseline, so, in fact, in the past couple of years, the trends have been -- have been opposite what they have been for 30 years. the europeans have been much more austere, you know, countries like britain cutting government spending whereas in the united states there was a big effort, which is now sort of like dwindling, but there was initially a very big stimulus effort. >> just 30 seconds left, the fundamental issue here is americans want the benefits of big government, medicare, social security, jobless checks when they need it, loans to buy a house, loans to go to college, but they also want small government, and that small
social net as a percentage of the economies. europe's economy is in recession. the u.s. is still growing. maybe that's proof that our cut-throat version of capitalism works despite the social costs. >> one of the reasons the american economy is now growing is the government has done substantial stimulus spending whereas one of the reasons that europe is in such bad shape is that they have actually been cutting government spending from their former baseline, so, in fact, in the past couple...
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do people feel like the economy is getting better? are things looking better? if you look in states that matter, places like ohio where the economy has gotten substantially better and they can pinpoint why. they can point to the auto bailout. if you're in michigan or ohio you can point to that reason why, and that reason why has barack obama's name on it. >> if you listen to the little clips we played, it seems as though barack obama is energized -- >> that's apparent. >> mitt romney is going through the motions. >> let's go to the facts here we have on the table. i love the atmospherics. let's go to this peaking question. dick nixon, richard nixon, he was a smart politician as they go, and he used to believe -- he didn't want to the run all out. he said you have to peak at the right time. he almost caught kennedy. he was three days late. three more days he might have caught him. humphrey almost caught nixon in '68. these elections go through rhythms. >> mitt romney peaked exactly where john kerry peaked in 2004, the first debate. they both had a first great de
do people feel like the economy is getting better? are things looking better? if you look in states that matter, places like ohio where the economy has gotten substantially better and they can pinpoint why. they can point to the auto bailout. if you're in michigan or ohio you can point to that reason why, and that reason why has barack obama's name on it. >> if you listen to the little clips we played, it seems as though barack obama is energized -- >> that's apparent. >> mitt...
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when i am elected, the economy and american jobs will beinant. i will not waste time complaining about my predecessor. [ applause ] and i won't spend my time trying to pass partisan legislation that is it unrelated to jobs. day one, i will help americans get back to work. [ applause ] now, you know as well as i do, people are responding to the five-part plan to create jobbings. you know part one, taking full advantage of our energy resources. day one. i am going to act to increase leases and permit to drill on federal lands and i will act to speed the approval of the key stone pipe line from canada. secondly, i will boost trade with latin america and finally desigate china as a currency manipulator and it is time that trade works for america. now, third, i want to send to congress retrain asking reform act to make sure workers have the skims for good paying job and fourth move to tackle out of control spend spend to congress. down payment on fiscal sanity act. [ applause ] and in this act we'll not just slow down the rate of government and its sp
when i am elected, the economy and american jobs will beinant. i will not waste time complaining about my predecessor. [ applause ] and i won't spend my time trying to pass partisan legislation that is it unrelated to jobs. day one, i will help americans get back to work. [ applause ] now, you know as well as i do, people are responding to the five-part plan to create jobbings. you know part one, taking full advantage of our energy resources. day one. i am going to act to increase leases and...
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when i am elected, the economy and american jobs will beinant. i will not waste time complaining about my predecessor. [ applause ] and i won't spend my time trying to pass partisan legislation that is it unrelated to jobs. day one, i will help americans get back to work. [ applause ] now, you know as well as i do, people are responding to the five-part plan to create jobbings. you know part one, taking full advantage of our energy resources. day one. i am going to act to increase leases and permit to drill on federal lands and i will act to speed the approval of the key stone pipe line from canada. secondly, i will boost trade with latin america and finally desigate china as a currency manipulator and it is time that trade works for america. now, third, i want to send to congress retrain asking reform act to make sure workers have the skims for good paying job and fourth move to tackle out of control spend spend to congress. down payment on fiscal sanity act. [ applause ] and in this act we'll not just slow down the rate of government and its sp
when i am elected, the economy and american jobs will beinant. i will not waste time complaining about my predecessor. [ applause ] and i won't spend my time trying to pass partisan legislation that is it unrelated to jobs. day one, i will help americans get back to work. [ applause ] now, you know as well as i do, people are responding to the five-part plan to create jobbings. you know part one, taking full advantage of our energy resources. day one. i am going to act to increase leases and...
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the economy of china has slowed. the economy of europe has lowed. and that showed up in the numbers. >> brown: i'm not going to make you into a political ansys but from where you sit does it look like there's something here for both candidates? >> yea l i think there is something there for both sides. i think on the one side president obama can certainly point to the fact that the economy did better in the third quarter than it did in the second quarter. and that we're sort of on the right trajectory or on the ri yht pathwaye towards recovery. things are getting a little bit better. at the sa times there's no question that governor romney could say well look, we might be headed t in the right direction, t the truth is, is that economic growth is extraordinarily anemic when compared to other postwar recoveries. and not the kind of-- not the kind of numbers or economic growth that we need to ally, really make progress or to put a dent in the high unemployment rate and get some people back to work. >> brown: hugh johnson, thanks a lot. >> you're welcom
the economy of china has slowed. the economy of europe has lowed. and that showed up in the numbers. >> brown: i'm not going to make you into a political ansys but from where you sit does it look like there's something here for both candidates? >> yea l i think there is something there for both sides. i think on the one side president obama can certainly point to the fact that the economy did better in the third quarter than it did in the second quarter. and that we're sort of on...